The startup accelerator behind Airbnb and Reddit is thinking about coming back to Massachusetts

There are no other startup launchpads with a track record that can compare to Y Combinator. If you’ve ever booked an Airbnb, posted a comment on Reddit, ordered food from DoorDash or bought some ...
Fast Company

How Y Combinator, champion of ‘little tech,’ became the biggest machine in Silicon Valley

With one week until the January kickoff of Y Combinator’s winter 2024 startup batch, there’s a hush in the prestigious accelerator program’s cavernous new San Francisco headquarters. The only sound, ...
The Chronicle of Philanthropy

A Famed Business Accelerator Opens the Door to Nonprofit Start-Ups

Tech start-ups are hot these days, and investors are fighting to take risks on them. By contrast, fledgling charities have to spend a lot of time and effort proving themselves to foundations, with no ...
Forbes

Inside Y Combinator’s ‘Boom Loop’: The Startup Factory Goes Brasher, Leaner And Meaner

Former venture capitalist Garry Tan has slashed programs and turned up the mics in a bid to restore the famed accelerator behind Airbnb and Stripe to its full glory. In the summer of 2022, Garry Tan ...
TechCrunch

Garry Tan has revealed his ‘secret sauce’ for getting into Y Combinator

If you’ve ever wanted to apply to Y Combinator, here’s some inside scoop on how the iconic accelerator goes about choosing companies from someone who knows best: Garry Tan, president and CEO of Y ...
NBC New York

Y Combinator startups are fastest growing, most profitable in fund history because of AI

Silicon Valley's earliest stage companies are getting a major boost from artificial intelligence. Startup accelerator Y Combinator -- known for backing Airbnb, Dropbox and Stripe -- this week held its ...
Yahoo

In 2024, many Y Combinator startups only want tiny seed rounds — but there’s a catch

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Bowery Capital general partner Loren Straub started talking to a startup from the latest Y Combinator accelerator batch a few ...
TechCrunch

Y Combinator’s next Demo Day will include in-person seats for top VCs, Garry Tan says

Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan wants to bring the famed accelerator’s Demo Day presentations back as in-person events by the end of the year. During Tan’s opening remarks during Wednesday’s YC summer ...